Strand-wire for barbed fences



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

HIBAM B.- SCU'IT, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

STRAND-WIRE FOR BARBED. FVENCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,688, dated January 9, 1884.

l Application led August Sl, 1883. (No modeLl i To all whom, it Uta/ 7j concern,.-

Be'it known that I, HIRAMB. ScUTT,-a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Joliet, in the county of Will and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Strand-Wires for Barbed Fences, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a cross-sectional view; Fig. 3, a side view, and Fig. 4 a cross-sectional view.

Thisinvention relates to certain improvements in strand-wires for barb fences, particularly set forth and described in the following specilcation and claim.

Referring to the drawings, W Ware a pair ofstrand-wires having continuous fins a a along their sides, as shown in Fig. l. These ns are formed by separating the web B of the rail D, (shown in Fig. 3,) the rail having been rolled or drawn in the form shown in Figs. k3 and 4; but the single-strand wire W may be drawn so as to leave such a fin, a, along its side. Vhen the web B is so separated or split, it forms a con'innous lin, a, along the side of the strandwire, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The two strand wires are then twisted together, so

that their backs opposite the fins are in contact with each other, and the two fins left to project in opposite directions from each other outward from the coil, thus forming anew and more substantial cable for the purpose than plain wires, or a single Wire with one or more fins. Each wire braces the other and prevents breaking of the fin when the two are Vand render the cable much stronger and more sightly than plain wires or a single wire with ns.

Having thus described my'invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows, to Wit:

The combination of the two strand-wires W `W, each having a tin, a, the two strand-wires being twisted together in such manner that their backs opposite the fins are in contact, and so thatthe tins project in opposite directions froni each other and outward from the coiled strand\vires, as and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses: LLOYD EEERHART,

THos. H. HUTcHINs. 

